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Warming up your electric car's battery with a toaster is a bad idea. Yes, someone tried this.
Not The Bee ^
| Dec 4, 2023
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Posted on 12/04/2023 1:04:34 PM PST by Red Badger
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There’s no indication of the make or model of the Danish EV that died by toaster, but statistically speaking it probably wouldn’t have burned down had it not been for the incorrectly used small appliances. While EVs do work better with warm batteries, it just isn’t worth the risk to try warming them with anything other than parking them in a garage. The battery will still function cold, albeit with reduced range.
To: Red Badger
Toasters apparently get a little too warm and can set the car on fire. Learn something every day.
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posted on
12/04/2023 1:06:12 PM PST
by
Steely Tom
([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
To: Red Badger
Didn’t people sometimes use incandescent light bulbs for this?
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posted on
12/04/2023 1:09:38 PM PST
by
Jamestown1630
("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
To: Jamestown1630
All we have is LED bulbs now. Not much heat there..............
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posted on
12/04/2023 1:12:11 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Red Badger
The battery iz climate controlled by onboard systems.
To: Red Badger
I think it was said by Albert Einstein when asked about the difference between genius and stupidity. He said
(paraphrasing) “ Genius has it’s limitations whereas human stupidity has no bounds and is infinite.”
To: Cautious Optimism
“ Genius has it’s limitations whereas human stupidity
has no bounds and is infinite.”
Einstein would not have included that redundancy. :-)
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posted on
12/04/2023 1:29:53 PM PST
by
KevinB
(Word for the day: "kakistocracy" - a society governed by its least suitable or competent citizens)
To: Red Badger
To: Cautious Optimism
To: Red Badger
That’s around a kilowatt hour of electricity every hour. Ev’s are so efficient.
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posted on
12/04/2023 1:44:20 PM PST
by
Revel
To: TexasGator
Thank you for clearing that up . Regardless of who said it first. it rings true.
To: Red Badger
Why would someone use a plug in toaster when propane soldering torches are cheap and portable?
To: Red Badger
“Just asking for a friend!”
To: Red Badger
What do you want to bet that in China, North Korea, etc they force slaves to use their body heat to warm the EV batteries of the elite tyrants. If the battery leaks, fails, burns......well......there are always more slaves in the workers paradise.
To: Red Badger
If they were dumb enough to buy an EV then I’m not surprised that they tried to warm it up with a toaster ... actually I’m surprised they didn’t try a flamethrower or propane torch.
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posted on
12/04/2023 1:57:00 PM PST
by
RetiredTexasVet
(Biden not only suffers fools and criminals, he appoints them to positions of responsibility. )
To: Red Badger
I just throw my battery in the microwave. Does the trick every time.
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posted on
12/04/2023 2:01:36 PM PST
by
moovova
("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
To: Red Badger
There’s something to be said for large women.
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posted on
12/04/2023 2:04:48 PM PST
by
fruser1
To: Red Badger
All we have is LED bulbs now. Not much heat there.............. All the folks who had the levels of intelligence to purchase EVs are putting candles under their cars to warm them now.
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posted on
12/04/2023 2:09:08 PM PST
by
Sirius Lee
(They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
To: posterchild
Carbon emissions man! You tryin to kill us all? /s
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posted on
12/04/2023 2:14:22 PM PST
by
bigbob
To: Red Badger
I don’t buy the explanation. Toasters don’t get that hot outside the heating elements.
I know people who have thawed frozen cars with a charcoal fire under the engine.
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posted on
12/04/2023 2:21:00 PM PST
by
cyclotic
(Don’t be part of the problem. Be the entire problem)
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